Legal Advice - UPDATE: My roommate accuses me of stealing... |
- UPDATE: My roommate accuses me of stealing...
- Mom bringing police to my house, do I have to answer?
- My 99 year old grandmother with Alzheimer's signed papers transferring ownership of her $600k home from her Self Declaration TRUST to My two aunts and my grandmother (split 3 ways) WHAT DO I DO?
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| UPDATE: My roommate accuses me of stealing... Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:01 PM PDT ORIGINAL POST: So I am an international student currently living in DC. I had planned to return home right after my graduation in May but got stuck in the US due to the coronavirus lockdown, but I hope to leave as soon as possible by July or august at the latest. My university campus shut down in March, and because I couldn't go home, I moved into a short term sublet until I can return home. Basically, I am living out of boxes and suitcases and have no desire of unpacking or settling down at this house, I just want to go home as soon as I can. Enter my housemate. Last week, she told me that she was missing several items of clothing and some jewelry and thought that I had taken them. She asked to search my room alone, open my boxes, suitcases, etc. I refused because a) she isn't my landlord, b) I felt that I had a reasonable expectation of privacy, and c) she couldn't even give me an exact inventory of the things I supposedly stole. Things were fine, if awkward, until yesterday, when she entered my room without my permission while I wasn't there and tried to search through my things. I caught her and told her in no uncertain terms to stay out. Now she says she will call the police if I don't consent to a search of everything I have so she can ensure I haven't stolen from her. I am totally at my wits end. There's no way to lock my room door, but I'm resorting to transferring my valuables into my suitcases and putting mini locks on them. I am looking for flights out of here now because this is really not a problem I needed. What should I do? Should I let her search through my things? Does she have any standing to call the police? If she does, should I let them search through my things? What if she claims something of mine is hers? Any advice more than appreciated! UPDATE: So, things have taken the wildest turn since I posted this. Those of you who suggested that she was actually planning to steal from me were completely right. A day after I posted this - as I was waiting on a camera to arrive - I found her in my room AGAIN. I was out getting groceries and came back earlier than expected, and she had laid out a lot of my boxes on my bed. Some of my shoes were laid out on the ground and she was rooting through everything. I asked what she was doing, and she said all this was proof I had stolen stuff from her. I told her to get out, and at this point, saw no option but to call the non-emergency police line (as well as my landlord and property manager). A very kind police officer came by a bit later. My roommate couldn't produce evidence of ownership of the things she was claiming, while I had most of the receipts still intact. He gave her a warning to stop but couldn't do much further since she hadn't yet stolen anything, technically speaking. I went to my room to lock up everything even marginally valuable into suitcases that night and that's when I started to realise I was missing a few things after all. These are things that I had never even unpacked since moving in here, so It didn't occur to me before to check through those. I made the decision to ask my roommate's permission to look through her room, with her present, just for my peace of mind. I felt bad for violating her privacy, but I told her I was going to call the police again so they could search her room or she could return what she had taken. She said she didn't take anything from me and how dare I accuse her, etc. but she allowed me to look through her room. When I walked into her room, I immediately knew she had been stealing from me because bizzarely her room was decorated with shopping bags and empty boxes I knew were taken from my room. I think she took the bags because they were from high end brands, and she had put her own stuff in some of them and put them on display on her table, vanity, etc. She had even put her old shoes in random shoe boxes taken from my room, which was so strange. I then asked to look in her closet, where wedged behind all her clothes and things, I found a cardboard panel underneath which was a bunch of my stuff, including clothing and a jewelry box I own. i peeked under her bed and also found three of my purses there. At this point, she was getting hysterical, so I snapped quick pictures of the stuff I found, left the house, and called the police and waited for them outside. They took my statement, asked me to send receipts of all my things, and asked her to give a statement as well. Two days later, they gave me back all my recovered belongings. The police officer also informed me that she was selling several of my belongings, including a burberry trench coat, two pairs of Louboutin shoes, a dior suit jacket, and a fendi purse, for close to a total of $20,000 on poshmark. She had also swiped a patek philippe timepiece I inherited from my grandfather, though thankfully I don't think she ever realised it's true value while she had it. Its been a horrible few days. I feel so stupid for not being more careful. I've always had wonderful roommates, so it was completely naive of me to blindly trust her too. She claims to be living with a friend for now. I was absolutely livid after everything, but also so tired of this whole saga. I broke my lease two days ago and booked a flight home for next week even though I know its dangerous. I thought that was mostly the end of it so I started focusing on getting ready to go home, but then, I got a call yesterday evening from a doctor's office asking to speak with me. This woman turned out to be my housemate's PSYCHIATRIST, who requested I listen in on their session briefly to hear more about what had happened and why. I honestly was very reluctant, but also curious, so I said I would give them 10 minutes of my time if she truly felt it would be beneficial for me to hear it. I am writing this update now having sat through those ten minutes this morning. My housemate basically said I "deserve to know" what had gone down these past few weeks. Said she had grown up with a lot of emotional and financial deprivation, and "owning" some of my stuff made her feel more confident. She said it helped her overcome her imposter syndrome and feel like we were on an equal footing over the past few weeks. I frankly felt a lot of anger and felt like she wasn't taking responsibility for her actions. A lot of what she said also sounded very coached and rehearsed, and definitely didn't explain why she was selling my things online? I told her that I hope she gets better, but that I do not forgive her and told her never to contact me again unless absolutely necessary for the end of our tenancy. Anyway, that's the end of that as far as I can tell. I don't know what the police might do with all this info (probably nothing im assuming), but I'm just ready to put an end to this surreal state of affairs and go home now. [link] [comments] |
| Mom bringing police to my house, do I have to answer? Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:38 AM PDT Long story short, mom and stepdad broke up a while back, and he moved to Florida, and I'm staying at his house in Ohio while renting from him. Mother threatened yesterday to come with police in about an hour to try and take furniture she thinks she paid for, but no longer lives here or has the keys to get in since the lock was changed. She also doesn't have any receipts saying she paid for the items. Do I have to speak to the police if they come and explain everything? Edit: just wanna thank everyone for the responses. Fortunately it seemed she was just bluffing this time, but if she tries things like this in the future now I know. My step dad also talked to an officer in the area about the situation. Should be ok. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:31 PM PDT There is a lot of previous family history obviously as the title implies so I will try not to bore you with any more additional details other than just to give you the background. My two aunts have never had a good relationship with my grandmother for their lives. My immediate family would spend every holiday with my grandmother while my two aunts chose not to visit her once in the 10 years I had been alive at that point. My grandmother suffered from a fall sometime when I was 10 and had to move from the stair ridden house where she was 10 minutes away to California a 5.5 hour flight away from where I lived(my aunts convinced my grandmother to move to California for reasons I cannot remember). She has been under 24/7 constant care since then. At some point in 2011 my Aunt drove my grandmother to her bank and attempted for her to sign over power of attorney to my grandmother. My father had conversations with the bank manager and per the bank manager my Aunt came in several times over the course of the week to have my grandmother sign over power of attorney as she originally refused to. She wasn't in the right state of mind in 2011 as her Alzheimer was getting progressively worse but my Aunt refused to have her declared incompetent at any point. We didn't put up a fight and just accepted the fact that my Aunt was now power of attorney. Fast forward to today where I was doing a random google search regarding my grandmother's address and came upon an assessment for the house where the owner of the house was listed as: my grandmother, my one aunt, and the other aunt. Upon further research I found that my grandmother purchased the home in 2016 under her self declaration trust. It lists the owner as: /u/SaltedJason's Grandmother Self Declaration Trust. At some point in 2018 the parcel's ownership was transferred and the current owner is listed as: /u/SaltedJason's Grandmother, /u/SaltedJason's First Aunt, /u/SaltedJason's second Aunt. I found a Quit Claim Deed that says /u/SaltedJason's Grandmother for and in without consideration do hereby transfers the right, title and interest, if any, 100% of Interest which is owned and maintained by GRANTOR ( /u/SaltedJason's Grandmother) may have in all that real property, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, to the GRANTEE(S): /u/SaltedJason's grandmother, /u/SaltedJason's First Aunt, /u/SaltedJason's Second Aunt, as joint tenants with right of survivor ship, real property situated in the City of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. From what I read online this means that when my 99 year old grandmother passes away my two aunts will absorb my grandmother's current third of the house (lol) and they will then each own 50% of the house. As my grandmother is 99 years old she was not able to obtain a mortgage and the house was fully paid for in cash. This home is supposed to be in the Trust and I have no idea how this could have occured. I am truly at a loss of words as my father was always extremely worried about my two aunts trying to take advantage of my grandmother. The only surviving siblings of my father is him and his two sisters. I have two cousins whose father passed away who will be receiving his stake of inheritance and my father just really wants to protect his dead brothers children. I'm sorry for the paragraph or if I did anything wrong in my post - I just don't know where to turn to and it really isn't right for my two aunts to just receive a $600,000 house for free... I really appreciate it if you made it this far and from the bottom of my heart thank you! EDIT: somewhat unrelated but just wanted to add - both of my aunts own their own house very close to this one. my one aunt lives in a home with her husband while the other owns a house just by herself.(EDIT#4 turns out my aunt living alone that is also the Power of Attorney sold her house four months after the house was transferred from the trust to my aunts.... strange timing lol) The one aunt who is single and is power of attorney has been living in my grandmother's home having the care givers cook food for her and my grandmother for the past few months if not a year. My aunt also sleeps in the same room as my 99 year old grandmother on a bed very close to my grandmother even though there are 5 bedrooms in the house.... and there is a 24/7 care giver... Edit2: also forgot to add: my grandmother has a clause in her will that if you take her to court to declare her incompetent the beneficiary will receive "$1"... She hasn't been formally diagnosed with Alzheimer's but when I visited her in July every 10 minutes she would ask what I was in school for / what year I was. She wasn't able to remember me each day and even mistook me for her son who passed away in 1995. :( Edit3: Also just thought of this so I thought I would add - my grandmother has had the same lawyer that the family company used. That lawyer is extremely is quite big and is extremely well known. He has lots of political ties. His lawfirm's partner was the brother of the mayor of a city in the top 5 most populated cities. While my grandmother has had Alzheimer's and was known to the family that she was incompetent (I remember it being really bad in 2011 so it must have been bad before then) he wrote in a email that my grandmother spoke to him authorizing the sale of her previous home and the purchase of a future home... it's just a real bad situation that leaves a bad taste in your mouth unfortunately [link] [comments] |
| [SC USA] Neighbors catching and taking turtles from our pond, need help! Posted: 20 Jun 2020 04:33 PM PDT We have lived on a small pond surrounded by 5 houses for about 9 years now. Recently, an older couple (70+) has moved in and their adult children (30+ years old with children) are throwing bread into the pond and scooping up the turtles with a net (the first time we talked to them they said they're relocating the turtles). We have mentioned to them that we like the way the pond is and to please not take turtles from it, but a month later they're back at it. They stated that they want to remove turtles to stock the pond with fish (there are already fish in it). [link] [comments] |
| Our landlady is harassing us about water usage during Covid Posted: 20 Jun 2020 02:51 PM PDT A couple of weeks ago our landlady called us asking if there were any leaks in our apartment because her recent water bill (of the entire building) has tripled from last quarter. We told her no leaks but she proceeded to bug us about it every single day (calling me first thing in the morning to talk for at least an hour when I'm working). I tried to help her by saying since COVID started in New York my wife and I have been working from home, cooking every meal at home (tons of dishes everyday), obsessively washing our hands and sanitizing everything. I'd assume it's the same for other tenants (10 units total). But she just refused to listen and made passive aggressive comments suggesting it's us driving up the water bill. Absurd things like we might be using extra water washing our cat or washing my wife's packages. She even said the water bill started to rise since April 2019 and we were the only people moving in around that time, but we moved in April 2018. I have no idea why she is accusing us. I know she talked to other tenants as well but I don't know if she's gone this personal with them. One day she asked my wife to go down by herself and talk about her business. My wife is a blogger and the landlady is acting like she's running some water stealing business. My questions are
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| Company dug up my property and buried cable when they do not have an easement. Iowa. Posted: 20 Jun 2020 05:08 AM PDT I live in very rural Iowa, my house is the only one for quite a ways. The land on both sides of me is farm land owned by the same family. When I purchased my home, my realtor gave me information on easements and were very clear in that there are only 2, one for electric and one for gas. I had a surveyor come out and he marked the locations of these easements for me so I can make sure I don't bother doing anything special in an area that might get ripped up. Back in April I came home and found that my yard was all dug up, with no clue as to who had done it, or what they did. I made many phone calls without any luck. Two weeks ago I got lucky - I talked to the guy who owns the land on either side of me (which also was dug up) and he remembered that years ago a telecom company paid him in exchange for giving them an easement. He found their name for me and I contacted them. They confirmed that they dug in my property and initially insisted that they had an easement. After a lot of back and forth they finally admitted that they may not have one. They won't explicitly admit that they don't have an easement, but they did say that "there must have been a snafu" (her exact words). She said she'd get them to gather all the paperwork and then once I sign it I won't have to worry about it ever again. They are offering no good reason for me to want to agree to this - no compensation, etc. I specifically asked about compensation because the guy who owns the land around me was compensated, and she said "we can't compensate someone just to continue to use property that we're already using." But again... they weren't using it until April, and they used it in April without the legal right to do so. I pointed this out and she side stepped it and just repeated her statement that since they are already actively using an easement on my property, they aren't going to pay just to keep using it, that's not how easements work. I corrected her and reminded her that no, they are NOT using an easement, they don't HAVE an easement. She said "well it's informal, we just need to formalize it on paper an then you won't have to worry about it ever again." She keeps saying I won't have to worry about it ever again as if they are doing me a favor. What options do I have at this point? Is it worth getting a lawyer or should I just sign their paperwork and give up? I don't really love the idea that they've just come and helped themselves to my property, but I also can't really afford to end up in a big legal battle, either. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Assaulted and arrested in my home Posted: 20 Jun 2020 05:17 PM PDT Saint petersburg, Florida My roommate had some friends over late on a Saturday night and we were drinking and I was playing guitar jamming out. The time caught my attention and I knew we were being loud but it was 3 days until Halloween, and I worked on Halloween so I was letting loose on this night in my home. I got a knock on the door immediately knowing it was the police for a noise complaint. Not having any reason to not open the door, and not knowing if it was for sure the police, I did so. I was apologetic about the noise from the start. The officer had two other officers behind him. Halfway through my sentence I notice him look past me (I'm 5'2 110lb female mind you) as soon as he did so, he placed me in a choke hold and threw me over my couch telling me to stop resisting. I obviously wasn't resisitng because I was in complete shock from being taken down. [link] [comments] |
| I (18f) have received a stimulus check when i shouldn’t have. Posted: 20 Jun 2020 12:05 PM PDT basic info: missouri. i lived with my mother and her boyfriend and was kicked out in may 2020. i have since moved in with my best friend, graduated high school, and gotten a new job. i was receiving my estranged fathers ssi until june 1st. i was claimed by my mother in her taxes 2019 but neither of us filed for this year. with that out of the way, today i went to get my mail from my mothers house and received a letter saying i will get a $1200 stimulus check by direct deposit into the account the ssi was sent to. it's definitely my mothers account. i didn't think i should receive one since i was claimed last year. what should i do? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:23 PM PDT So, as the title says, my roommate and I moved out of a duplex we were renting on the 31st of May and handed the landlord the keys after spending the weekend cleaning and making the empty house look presentable. The landlord and her husband walked through and said that everything looked nice and would get back to us about the deposit. Three days ago, we received an email listing repairs and cleaning she had to do herself and had to hire a service for, including things like wiping down the walls and "dirty floors" throughout the house. She even said she removed a large tree and bush from the backyard and that the total costs were almost a thousand dollars more than our deposit. She did not include any receipts or proof of any of the costs. Few of the things she listed I agree with, but many I do not. My roommate and I were ready to just take the L and let it go, but then earlier today we received a text from her informing us that someone had broken into the house and caused a bit of damage and is requesting that we send her $350 each as soon as we can. I would like to now fight her for the security deposit, but my biggest question is if she can do anything like take us to court over just ignoring her request for money? If we have text and email proof that she would not charge us the extra $1,000 of out of pocket costs, can she later come after us for that money? Any help is appreciated. We live in California, by the way. [link] [comments] |
| Landlord cancels our signed lease 1.5 weeks before moving in Posted: 20 Jun 2020 09:01 PM PDT Hi everyone, First of all - really appreciate any help on this matter. We are in SF. My roommates and I signed a lease for a 7/1 move in to an apartment. We sent the appropriate deposits and first month's rent to the landlord, who approved and signed the lease. We were just informed today that he has decided to cancel our signed lease due to a "family emergency" and will be refunding our money in full. As a result, we will have to scramble to find and sign for a new place in 10 days and rearrange our move in plans (furniture deliveries, movers, etc). Is it legal for him to break a signed legal contract like this? What compensation are we entitled to, if any? Thank you! I'm not sure how tenant laws work when we haven't moved in yet, though I'm googling while searching for a new place! TL;DR: Our landlord is breaking our signed lease prior to our 7/1 move in date. He's returning all of our deposits, but I'd like to know if he is violating any tenant laws. [link] [comments] |
| Can a Landlord increase rent when Tenants child turns 18? Posted: 20 Jun 2020 05:38 PM PDT Hello All, My dad rents in Los Angeles. We've been renting the same house since I was born. I left to study at uni and now that I've graduated I'm back to living at home. The landlord now insists that he can raise the rent by 10% due to some law simply because I "moved" back in. My siblings will be 18 soon too. Does anyone know which law he is referring to? He's a dick and always tries his best to belittle my family and I. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:33 PM PDT My parents paid into my college fund since I was born and by the time I was starting college the RESP company told me I would receive 13k every year for 3 years (the first year was not included). I took a gap year after my first year and didn't inform them, but also didn't withdraw the funds. I figured withdrawing the funds when I was not in school would be against the law and unethical. Since I didn't withdraw the funds for my 2nd year the company is saying that I forfeited my entire fund (ie. I lost all my money) because I missed their Nov 1 deadline. They said it's always been in their fine print. I appealed the decision to their internal Appeals Committee and they denied it saying:
I feel cheated out of my education and I have no idea what I can do Edit: Ontario, Canada [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:44 AM PDT So I (mid-twenties, male) was staying at my parents house in California for the last couple months during the COVID lockdowns, and my dog was staying there with me, too. My mom and I have always had a rocky relationship due to me leaving the family religion (a very cultish, consuming sect of Christianity) as a teenager and her resenting me for it ever since. However I moved out when I was 18 and things have remained fairly civil ever since. I lived in another state from 18 until just recently when I came to stay with them during COVID, and about 4 years ago I had got my dog. Now things had gotten kind of rough between my mom and I again, and I finally decided it would be better to keep the peace and move out again. However, while I was in the process of finding an apartment in Idaho (where I lived since I was 18) I woke up one morning to her telling me I had until the next morning to leave. I packed up and intended to peacefully leave. The next morning, I awoke and began loading my things up into my car, and realized that both my mom and my dog were not home. Through talking to my dad and a phone call I overheard between him and my mom, I put together that she was holding my dog hostage somewhere else in the city (her car was gone) until I left, so she could keep my dog. Admittedly this made me extremely hurt, and I did get a little upset. I told both my dad and mom that she needs to come back, because they have no right to take my dog from me like this. My mom called my dad and told him to call the police and tell them I was trespassing and being belligerent (I had raised my voice, but didn't touch anyone or anything), so I finally just gave up and left. Now, my dog is safe and happy at her house, as she loves him far more than she ever loved me, but I need to get him back eventually. When I got him, he did not have a chip and I never took him to get one. I also don't have any legal paperwork for him. I got him from a tiny town in Idaho and the lady who sold him to me just didn't care for any of that, and I never foresaw this happening so I didn't get any of it. The lady I got him from would vouch for me that he's mine, but just via the phone because she lives all the way in Idaho vs where my family is in California. If I just show up at my parents house one day it could get ugly, so I need to have a clear plan to avoid that and get him back legally and as peacefully as possible. Would I have enough evidence he's mine that police would help? Should I get a lawyer? Any advice on how to get him back is appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Girlfriend forced to pay for Psychotherapy at school $1000 Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:21 PM PDT Hello all, my girlfriend has been fighting depression all her life, and seeked helped from a counselor. The counselor is free, but as normal protocol I believe the counselor has to call the police if she talks about wanting to kill herself. Her school called a separate organization for psychotherapy. My girlfriend said she talked to the actual therapist for only 30 mins. The school since then has billed her family $1000 and they don't know what to do. They honestly just made it worse, considering she has to deal with this huge bill and she had no clue that it would cost any money. Edit: Location USA California, why is the bill so high? Can they dispute this bill? [link] [comments] |
| The store I work at has taken used sex toys back and put them back on the shelf. What do I do? Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:16 PM PDT Location : Oregon Work at a porn store. We have a no return policy but the owner likes to make repeat customers happy so they come back. There have been a few times where he has taken back an open sex toy that the customer said didn't work, fixed it himself, and put it back on the sales floor where it has then been sold. To say it is gross is an understatement. I'm curious just how legal it is as well. Is there anyone I can report this to??? I have no actual proof except for being a witness to the return and told to put it back out for sale. Preferably with anonymity as I'm still trying to find another job to work at. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:47 PM PDT Long story short, my neighbor owns a piece of land next to my home and has never disclosed his plans to lease it to a cell company so a tower can be built. It's apparently been in the works for years now. Today I receive notice that a tower is being built there and is going up "no matter what". How can plans for something so large exclude someone that lives mere feet from the area? Was I supposed to be made aware prior? Am I entitled to anything since this monster tower is going to be a part of my life now? Any advice is greatly appreciated. And I didn't know what flair to choose by the way. [link] [comments] |
| While trying to collect my vacation pay, my employer stole my motorcycle. Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:38 AM PDT I am(was) a General Manager of a motorcycle dealership in Nevada. One of my employment perks was that the employer offered me a 0% interest, in-house loan on any motorcycle I want. This worked out well because I was planning on buying another motorcycle anyway, so why not take advantage of the 0% option and keep my money in the bank. My employer even offered to deduct the payment right from my payroll account to make it that much easier. I signed a promissory note agreeing to the $500 per month deduction and all was well. After about 11 months of having $500 a month deducted from my paycheck to pay for my motorcycle, the corona virus happened and I was unfortunately "furloughed". This "furlough" happened literally one day before my 1 year anniversary of employment. I asked my employer to cash out my vacation pay to help me pay the bills during quarantine and was told "we will process it and get a check to you shortly". A few weeks later, I was told that I do not qualify for vacation pay because I was furloughed before the year was up. No big deal, I'll wait till the furlough is up, then collect it then. A few days after I was furloughed, I went to the dealership to get my motorcycle, so at least I can do some riding while I wasn't working, and found my motorcycle chained up with multiple locks on it. I asked my employer, and was told that since I won't be getting a paycheck, they can't deduct the payment so I can't have the motorcycle back until I can resume payments. I understood their reasoning and just left it at that. 3 months lasted I received a call from my employer saying that my position was being eliminated and my furlough is being changed to a termination. I then told my employer that I was technically terminated 3 months after my 1 year anniversary, so I am entitled to my vacation pay, and as for my motorcycle, since the bike is registered and titled in my name, with them only showing as a lien holder, I told them that I will pick up the bike and continue making the payments to pay it off. They said no. They said the bike is their property and that my only option is to write a check to pay off the motorcycle. I told them that because I now have no job, will not use my savings to purchase a motorcycle when I'm not working, and told them to refund me what I've paid on the motorcycle to date and I will sign it back over to them. They refused and basically told me to hit the road. 1st question, do I still qualify for vacation pay? 2nd question, do I have any right to the equity in the motorcycle (about $10k) or to the bike itself? (Also, my employer is not a licensed lender and did not follow any standard collection requirements imposed on lenders in my state.) Edit: I am the registered and titled owner of the motorcycle, the employer is listed as a lienholder on the title and is in possession of the title. Edit #2: Thank you all for the messages. To clarify a few things. There was no contract signed other than the original promissory note, which was just basically a paragraph saying I authorize the deduction of the payment and a breakdown of when the payments would be due. The contract does not state what would happen in the event of a default of the loan, nor does it state anything about what would happen after a termination of employment. The contract basically says "I (my name) hereby authorize (my employer) to deduct $250 from every paycheck biweekly until the balance has been paid off" To date, I have not been contact at all from my employer about missed payments, or signing off on the title. I did receive a text a few days ago asking if I could mail the keys back to them and I didn't respond. [link] [comments] |
| Non-Stop texts and calls to by my house. Posted: 20 Jun 2020 09:26 AM PDT Hopefully this is the proper sub for this. Been a home owner going on 10 years now. In the last few years I've noticed the phone calls and texts from various strangers trying to buy my house. In conversations with others, this happens to everyone. Lately though... It's getting out of control. I'm getting 4 or 5 texts from people named "Eric' and "Joe" DAILY about buying my house. At first it was inconvenient, now it's down right harassment. They don't seem to be affiliated with any realty company. Just people trying to buy homes for cash. And it won't stop. I've blocked numbers but new offers keep coming from new numbers. I even tried politely asking for them to stop. Well I'm done being polite... I'm wondering if there are any legal ways to make this stop. I never signed up for any of this, and surely there has to be some legal protection over unsolicited harassment of a home owner. Wondering how others have handled this in the past. [link] [comments] |
| Received a Tow Bill for a car I haven't owned since 2018 Posted: 20 Jun 2020 06:21 PM PDT I live in Colorado, and in December 2018 I donated an old car to the ASPCA. I never submitted a "Release of Liability" like I now realize I was supposed to. I thought my removing of license plates, signing over the Title, and retaining the Donation Receipt was enough. Today I received a Certified Letter from a Tow Company in Las Vegas, Nevada informing me I owe them $1,287.60 for their storage of "my" vehicle. They say it will go to Auction in July, and if the proceeds don't cover what I owe, then they will refer me to Collections. Any advice is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Can my neighbor actually report me? (CO) Posted: 20 Jun 2020 02:25 PM PDT Posting on a new throwaway. I just had an unpleasant encounter with a neighbor. I had been out running errands and when I turned back into my neighborhood there was a family riding their bikes in the absolute dead middle of the road. I passed them by going in the other lane going 20mph (maybe even under cause I had just been turning). I gave them plenty of room and was abiding by the speed limit so I didn't give it any more thought that that. The dad then proceeds to follow me to my house and yell at me for going too fast around his kids. As I said, he actually followed me to my house while I was putting my car in the garage. He prevented it from closing and then threatened that he would "report me" if I ever did it again. I am not comfortable with most confrontation and it really jarred me to actually have this man follow me to my house. It made me incredibly uncomfortable so I didn't say much in response to him. It definitely triggered my anxiety and made me maybe a bit irrationally freaked out that he will just be lurking around. My question is does he actually have any legal grounds to "report" me? I was abiding by the speed limit and gave his family plenty of room. As far as I know, I was completely operating within the law. Is there any legal precedent that states that cars must totally slow down when passing bicyclists or children? I am in Colorado if that helps. It made me wonder if there is anything that I can report him for. His family was in the center of the street, they did not have helmets, and then he followed me and made me feel incredibly harassed and threatened. I am not looking for vindication, it just really sat wrong with me when I was able to calm my anxiety down a little. I don't know what to do, if I can do anything. My thinking is more focused on what if this guy comes back to yell at me or anything else of that nature. Is it smart/possible to try to formulate some kind of paper trail? If I there is something I can legally report him for or just try to have on record in case this comes up again? Any advice is appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Anyone have knowledge or experience with quiet title lawsuits? Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:59 PM PDT A little bit of back story: I'm considering purchasing a property from a post 3rd sale tax auction in Missouri. I had a title search done on the property and it uncovered 3 municipal liens totaling around $13k and a Deed of trust executed back in 1990 for $12.5k. I was advised by the title company that did the search that a quiet title suit might be something I could look into. I've contacted an attorney who went into a little more detail about the process and costs associated, but I still don't fully understand how it works. What happens if the lienholders contest? Could I potentially lose my case? Will it wipe out all the liens if I win? What are the chances of winning? [link] [comments] |
| 24 hour fitness shutdown checks bouncing Posted: 20 Jun 2020 04:02 PM PDT Hi my mom worked for 24 hour fitness for awhile and was laid off recently by them. She had about 1907$ in uncashed checks laying around because we weren't able to get to the bank had to be extra careful because we stay with are grandparents. She was finally able to cash them but it happened around the time they went bankrupt. They all bounced are they allowed to just steal my mom's money because of this what's happened to them. Or do they need to reissue her new ones there back open now. Edit location is Portland Oregon [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:51 PM PDT Hello! I am apart of a program at my high school in Washington where we go on a field trip every year. I usually fundraise for about half of it and pay the rest out of pocket from my part time job. Due to Covid-19, this trip was cancelled and we were just notified by the school district that we would not get any refund for the field trip because "fundraised money can't be refunded. " Well, only part of the money was from a fundraiser. Is there any legal basis for this, and are there any actions I can take? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:45 AM PDT We rented a pontoon boat for 8 hours on a lake in NC a couple weeks ago. Motor stripped a gear while we were moving along and the prop wouldn't move. We followed the rental companies instructions and called their breakdown line and the had Sea Tow come get us after asking several questions to try to figure out what happened. We looked at the prop to make sure nothing was on it like a rope or anything and it looked fine with no damage. The Sea Tow guy looked at it as well and he didn't see any damage. In speaking to the Sea Tow guy, he said "it's a good thing your rental company has a membership with us because this was a 4 hour tow and would have cost them $800. We get to the dock, unload and the owner starts taking pictures and asking us (again after speaking on the phone) "are you sure you didn't hit anything, even a rope?" We didn't and I'm pretty sure we would have felt something like that. After we left and since then, they maintain that we must have hit something or improperly used their boat for the gears to go out because they don't just go out without hitting something. I've driven boats a good bit over the years and while I'm not a pro, I'm not an idiot either. I wouldn't jam the motor into reverse while moving forward or anything dumb like that. Anyway, they insist that they'll be keeping all the money AND billing us for the tow (which they didn't pay anything for), the full repair, and the many days that the boat is supposedly not being rented. What do I do?? [link] [comments] |
| Virginia: Bought a house, wasn't told that my well pump serves at least 2 other houses. Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:33 AM PDT Bought a foreclosed-then-reno'd house in Virginia, and a week later my neighbor comes over to ask me if I knew about the well situation. What well situation? Apparently, the well is on my property and it serves a few other houses. No big deal, it's not unheard of. The problem is that my well pump is the only one and serves at least 2 other houses. Like, if I have to do plumbing work and I shut my breaker off, the other houses lose water. I understand I can't just make my neighbors pay me for their portion of the electricity the pump uses, but I also feel like this is a huge thing that I should have been made aware of in the buying process. I checked over all the paperwork and nowhere does it mention any easements/agreements/disclaimers about the well. I don't even know who is supposed to have known about this because I asked my realtor and he said he had no idea, but that maybe the title company would (they didn't). Am I stuck because I failed to figure it out on my own as part of the whole due process thing on my part as a prospective buyer? Edit for clarity: can filing an errors and omissions claim help me in this matter? I can't find a solid answer on how to file one, all I keep finding is how to protect yourself from one, so I don't even know if the cost would be worth the result (or what the result would even be). [link] [comments] |
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